The Findings in al-Haram (the sacred area)
Al-Kāfi|Volume 4|Book 3|Chapter 22
1ـ عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَم) اللُّقَطَةُ لُقَطَتَانِ لُقَطَةُ الْحَرَمِ تُعَرِّفُ سَنَةً فَإِنْ وَجَدْتَ صَاحِبَهَا وَإِلاَّ تَصَدَّقْتَ بِهَا وَلُقَطَةُ غَيْرِهَا تُعَرِّفُ سَنَةً فَإِنْ جَاءَ صَاحِبُهَا وَإِلاَّ فَهِيَ كَسَبِيلِ مَالِكَ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from Hammad ibn ‘Isa from Ibrahim ibn ‘Umar who has said the following: “Abu ‘ Abd Allah عليه السلام, has said, ’Findings are of two kinds. The findings, in al-Haram (the sacred area), are publicized for one year. If the owner is found, it is delivered to him; otherwise, it is given in charity. The findings, in non-al-Haram (the sacred area), are publicized for one year. If the owner comes it is his; otherwise, it is like one’s own belongings.’”
- Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (17/98)
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Kāfī, vol. 2, p. 114